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Correspondence.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Any forms of addressed and written communication sent and received, including letters, postcards, memorandums, notes, telegrams, or cables.

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence of Dugald Stewart, William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, and others.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11140
Scope and Contents

Concerns the education of Lord Henry Petty.

Dates: 1796-1820.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Letter of Adam Smith to William Petty., 1767.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 137-138
Scope and Contents

Concerns preparations for James Cook`s first voyage.

Published in `The Correspondence of Adam Smith`.

Dates: 1767.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters.

Letters of Adam Ferguson., 1762-1779.

 Series
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 69-74
Scope and Contents

Letters to William Petty and William Eden.

Dates: 1762-1779.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters.

Letters of Adam Ferguson to William Petty., 1762.

 File
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 69-72
Scope and Contents

Letter of Adam Ferguson to William Petty, 1762, concerns the militia issue in Scotland.

Letter of Adam Ferguson to William Petty, 1762, concerns Ferguson`s attempts to secure Petty`s patronage for the position of Principal of Edinburgh University.

Dates: 1762.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters. / Letters of Adam Ferguson.

Letters of David Hume., 1761-1767.

 Series
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 87-93
Scope and Contents

Letters to William Petty and unnamed correspondent.

Dates: 1761-1767.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters.

Letters of David Hume to William Petty., 1761-1767.

 File
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 87-91
Scope and Contents

Letter of David Hume to William Petty, 1761, concerns Hume`s earlier than planned return to Scotland.

Letter of David Hume to William Petty, 1767, concerns information on a mutual friend.

Letter of David Hume to William Petty, 1767, concerns Hume efforts to have Petty intervene on matters involving Hume`s friends.

Letter of 1761 is published in `The Letters of David Hume`.

Dates: 1761-1767.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters. / Letters of David Hume.

Letters of, to, and concerning, Dugald Stewart., c.1796-1820.

 Series
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 139-164
Dates: c.1796-1820.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters.

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